Dov (Bentchkowsky) Frohman

Inventor of the erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), which eventually led to today's flash memory technology, Frohman is an Israeli electrical engineer and business executive, a former Vice President of Intel...

Margaret Hamilton

Award-winning NASA computer scientist and mathematician who developed the Apollo program's on-board flight software, Hamilton is also recognized as the individual who coined the term "software engineering." Born in 1938, Hamilton graduated from...

John LeRoy Hennessy

Co-founder of MIPS Computer Systems Inc., Hennessy is known for developing the MIPS architecture and pioneering RISC chips. He has also served as the 10th President of Stanford University. He earned his...

Michael S. Tomczyk

Best known for his role in the development and marketing of the Commodore VIC-20, the first microcomputer to sell one million units, Tomczyk is also recognized as an early pioneer in telecomputing....

Kara Swisher

Among the earliest journalists to cover the business of the internet, Swisher has reported on the technology industry since 1994. In 2014, she co-founded Recode with Walt Mossberg as part of Vox...

Frank P. Carrubba

One of the original designers of the Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) Architecture, Carrubba was named "Inventor of the Year" by the Intellectual Property Owners in Washington, D.C. in 1992. Prior to...

Brian Randell

Developer of a compiler for the English Electric KDF9, an early stack machine, Randell is a British computer scientist and Emeritus Professor at the School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, U.K. He...

Fujio Masuoka

Inventor of flash memory, Masuoka has carved out a path to a new era whereby consumers are able to carry videos, music, books and data with them wherever they go. Born in...

John Koller

Director of Hardware Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), Koller has been responsible for the management and marketing of the PLAYSTATION 3, PSP (PlayStation Portable), PlayStation 2, PLAYSTATION Network marketing, and...

Reona (Leo) Esaki

Inventor of the Esaki tunnel diode, the first quantum electron device, Esaki shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson for his discovery of the...

Thomas Parke Hughes

Co-founder of the Society for the History of Technology, Hughes was an American historian of technology and an emeritus Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a visiting...

Dorothy Vaughan

The first African American woman to receive a promotion and supervise a group of staff at Langley Research Center, Vaughan became acting supervisor of the West Area Computers in 1949 and was...

Chen-Jung (Stan) Shih

Designer and developer of Taiwan's first desktop calculator, Shih is also recognized as the founder and former President of the Acer Group. Born in Lukang Township, Changhua County, Taiwan, he has been...

Marian Adam Rejewski

Solver of the plugboard-equipped Enigma machine, the main cipher device used by Germany, Rejewski was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who accomplished this feat in 1932. His success, along with his colleagues...

Murray Turoff

A founding father of computer-mediated communication and designer of EMISARI, Turoff was also a retired Distinguished Professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). While the term has traditionally referred to those...

Reynold (Ray) B. Johnson

Developer of the first manufactured hard disk drive, Johnson began his career as a teacher after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1929, and invented an electronic test scoring machine, for...

LaRoy Tymes

Co-designer and developer of "Supervisor" for Tymnet, Tymshare's proprietary network, Tymes grew up in Wyoming, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, but didn't complete his education there. Instead, he got a...

Robert B. Palmer

Member of the founding team at Mostek, where he pioneered the use of ion implantation technology for the manufacture of MOS circuits, Palmer is also known as the last Chairman and Chief...

Nils Aall Barricelli

Pioneering in artificial life research, Barricelli conducted early computer-assisted experiments in symbiogenesis and evolution that are considered foundational to the field. Being independently wealthy, he held an unpaid residency at the Institute...

Ralph Ernest Meagher

Co-creator of the ILLIAC series, culminating with the ILLIAC IV supercomputer, the largest and fastest in the world, Meagher completed his physics degree at the University of Illinois in 1949. He had...